TOY STORY 3C has officially came to an end!


group shot!

the committee members!

Shi hui and Si hui =D

me and my assistant facililators =))) CJ and his cranky self =p the lightings make all of us so fair! which is not true ah, IM SUN BURNT!

my buddy during camp =)

my wonderful group =DDD

REFLECTION!
As much as we hope the children would learn from us during the camp, I must say I have learnt a lot from them too. For instance, I learnt to be more patient with myself and with the children, learnt to work with children and most importantly, learnt to deal with conflicts among the children. I must say dealing with conflicts among the children was not an easy feat and thus I would particularly like to thank CJ, Eileen and Zhenyuan. There are times when I am unsure of how to handle my children and I would turn to them for advice. They have been really helpful and have given me the needed guidance.

Also, the camp has given me the opportunity to bring myself down to the level of a child, to look at things from a child’s perspective and to understand how a child thinks and acts. In fact, it makes me ponder a lot. Philosopher John Locke posits the image of a child as ‘tabula rasa’ which means that when a child is born, he is born with nothing akin to a blank piece of paper. It is only through socialisation with surrounding people and environment that a child learns and develops to become who he is. I cannot help but to agree with what John Locke has to say about the importance of nurturing. Even though Toy Story 3C has only been a short 3 days 2 nights camp, I certainly do hope that these children through interacting and socialising with their facilitators and their peers, would picked up some good values and skills that would shape and mould them to become a better person in future.

In particular, I was heartened to see that my group’s children finally managed to take the first step out in overcoming their fear during high elements after all the persuasion and encouragement I gave them. I was really overwhelmed with emotions when I finally see them nod in agreement to try out high elements and yearning for more tries after they have successfully completed the obstacles. This camp has really helped the children by bolstering their level of confidence and self esteem to believe in their selves that they are capable of overcoming challenges set ahead of them. I do hope that this experience would follow through these children and generalise to other challenges in life.

In addition, I was particularly touched at the end of the camp when one of the children looked at me sincerely and said ‘Thanks Dear’. I almost melted. Sometimes we looked at children thinking they are too young to appreciate or understand the things that we have done for them, but I was all wrong. They know and they can sense it.

If you were to ask me whether i would go for such camp again, i gladly say yes =)

and i must say, im no longer that quiet introvert me anymore! ahahha!! looks can be deceiving. nicholas was telling me when he first saw me he went 'die la, how can this girl lead the group of children, she looks so quiet' MUAHAHAH!! but after 1 day, he decided to change his opinion because he said i was way too noisy =p and valerie must have been the first person on this planet to say i cheer damn loud. MUAHAHHA! its interesting to see how ppl perceive you at times. it is through knowing how ppl perceive u that u get to know yourself =)